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Results Liege Belgium 2009

October 25, 2009 in Report by Jorg Jansen

The Two Winners: Nanja coaching Jouke

The Two Winners: Nanja coaching Jouke

Today Sanne and I visited another freediving competition. This time Liege, Belgium. It was a pool competition with 3 disciplines and while I thought it would be a small competition it was actually pretty crowded! You can read Sanne his personal story on our Team Sharkbait website.

40 freedivers from 5 countries. 30 men and 10 women made it a good and fast competition. Finally a competition where waiting times were minimized and the pool optimally used. 5 static zones and 4 dynamic zones made sure that waiting times were around 1,5 hours between performances, which was pretty doable!

With the men Jouke van Riel from the Netherlands won the competition with 194,8 points. He did a 6:34 static, 126 meter dynamic with fins and a 106 meter without fins. Close second was Daan Verhoeven, also from the Netherlands, with 193,9 points. Daan did a 5:07  static and the two best performances in dynamic: 109 without fins and 156 with fins, which was only 3 meters less then the current Dutch national record.

With the women Nanja van den Broek was the clear winner with 185,8 points, which was the overall 3rd best total points of the competition. Nanja did a 5:04 static, 141 with fins and 109 without fins. She made it look easy.

Of the 120 performances during this competition, 28 ended with 0 points. Lots of them were zero because people didn’t start in all 3 disciplines. There were 4 disqualifications due to surface protocol errors and no blackouts. There were quite some big samba’s in the pool, mostly during dynamic.  All in all, fun and nice competition with a good atmosphere!

Complete results below, or directly here.

Report: Freedive Dahab CWT/CNF Challenge

April 15, 2007 in Competition, Report by Jorg Jansen

We got our first guest writer here on Shark Freediving, Sara Campbell from the UK. She started with freediving less then one year ago and this was her first competition in which she participated. She immediately took the British women’s constant without fins freediving record with a depth of 30 meters. So, as a small follow up to my previous article about the competition, she corrects some of the errors and gives a nice account on what went on over there.

blue_hole_dahab.jpgThe CWT/CNF competition in Dahab was a small affair, just 11 athletes, from six nations. The great and the good were there both to compete (Annelie Pompe of Sweden, Thomas Grindevoll and Elisabeth Kirstoffersen from Norway, Daan Verhoeven from the Netherlands) and judge and organize (Linda Paganelli and Lotta Ericson). Held over two days, the format was relaxed with competitors choosing whether to compete in both disciplines or make two dives in the same discipline. It being my first ever event, it’s impossible to compare it to others, but I loved it! I’ve seen freedivers come and go through the Blue Hole, and watched the Triple Depth competitions held there, and always been inspired by the atmosphere between the divers – it really is one big, happy family!

The waters weren’t as clear as they can be in the Blue Hole, but the jellyfish (some with lights blinking all the way down their sides) were just awesome – what better way to relax on your breathe-up than watching them float effortlessly past your mask!

The full line-up (and the dive order for the first day) was as follows: Joachim Boillard (CH), Andrea Zuccari (ITA), Sara Campbell (UK), Rolf Sar (SWE), Cedric Schmid (CH), Daan Verhoeven (NL), Elisabeth Kirstoffersen (NOR), Sebastian Naslund (SWE), Federico Mana (ITA), Annelie Pompe (SWE), Thomas Grindevoll (NOR)

dahab_blue_hole2.jpgThe final results were:
Thomas Grindevoll – 1st
Elisabeth Kristoffersen – 2nd
Annelie Pompe and Sara Campbell – joint 3rd

Because of the format of the competition, the results don’t really reflect actual performances – Thomas and Annelie gained their points on just one dive each, and Sara and Elisabeth’s results were combined from two dives.

Lots of fun, and great counter ballast system designed and made in Egypt (possibly the most impressive feat of the event!!) and some great results.

Sara Campbell, UK

Note: Next week there will again be a competition in Dahab, this time in static and dynamic. So if anyone wants to do a follow up on that with a small report, then let me know.